Basil-Lemon Granita

Name: Basil-Lemon Granita
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters minced fresh basil leaves (see notes); 4 to 5 lemons (1 1/3 lb. total), rinsed; 158 milliliters sugar

Basil-Lemon Granitan is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegan recipe with 6 servings. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 107 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat. A mixture of basil leaves, to 5 lemons, sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Grate 1 tablespoon peel (yellow part only) from about three lemons. Ream juice from enough lemons to make 3/4 cup. In an 8- or 9-inch square baking pan, mix peel, juice, and 1 1/2 cups water.

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Lemon

Juice

Water

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Baking Pan

In a food processor or blender, whirl sugar until very fine.

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Sugar

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Blender

Add basil and whirl until very finely minced. Stir sugar mixture into lemon mixture until sugar is dissolved.

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Basil

Lemon

Sugar

Cover and freeze mixture until firm, about 6 hours.

Scrape the tines of a fork quickly across frozen mixture to break into fluffy granules. Scoop granita into chilled bowls or wine or sherbet glasses and serve immediately.

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Sherbet